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When your deceased spouse's email gets hacked

My wife's email account got hacked two years after she died and now someone is using her identity to scam people and I feel like they are desecrating her memory.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Digital identity theft of the dead creates a unique violation that compounds grief with helplessness.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Digital legacy — your online presence after death?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.